Often the threat of the plaintiff’s potential ability to recover attorney’s fees is greater than the actual damages that they can prove. This can be frustrating for employers defending wage and hour claims, in both the individual and class action context. Indeed, an employer must understand the potential damages and exposure of fees they may
With the arrival of 2017, many employers are recognizing the difficulties in navigating the complex set of paid leave laws in Southern California. For regular readers of the blog, this may seem like a repeat, but this post is five items employers need to remember about paid sick leave laws in Southern California.
1. The
I’m starting 2017 off with videos taken from my recent webinar discussing local minimum wage issues, California’s new employment laws, Los Angeles’ ban the box ordinance, the new Form I-9 required in 2017, and potential impacts President-elect Trump may have on employment laws. Happy New Year!
California state and local minimum wage and paid sick
Quick video on the five things California employers need to pay attention to in 2017.
(Sorry for the wind noise in the video.)
I briefly discuss the following five issues:
1) Augustus v. ABM Security Services: A new California Supreme Court decision about whether rest breaks during which security guards were required to
Los Angeles city past a new law on June 1, 2016 requiring employers with 26 or more employees to provide employees with 48 hours of paid sick leave per year. This is twice the amount required by California state law. The kicker: employers must develop policies, adjust payroll, and put the new requirement
Yes, it is that time again: Friday’s Five. This week I address five interview practices that every California employer should know:
1. Understand which questions employers cannot ask that may be viewed as discriminatory.
Employers cannot ask questions that relate to an applicant’s marital status, children, plans to have children, religion, age, national origin, and
This video is the third installment of three videos covering issues surrounding terminations in California. For today’s Friday’s Five, in this final video in the series I discuss five common questions employers have about severance agreements:
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! I have been enjoying the excellent skiing in the Eastern Sierras (California’s snow pack is looking great this year). So this 
week’s Friday’s Five article is a bit shorter, but I wanted to address five issues that the holidays create in regards to wage and hour issues in California:
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More and more employers are moving to electronic on-boarding to minimize the expenses and reliability issues in relying on paper. Employers are also moving toward issuing wage statements electronically to employees. Unfortunately, there is very little regulatory guidance as to the requirements that employers must meet when issuing electronic wage statements. Indeed, the Labor Code
I was able to catch up with California Restaurant Association’s CEO, Jot Condie at the 2015 Western Foodservice & Hospitality Expo. We discuss the threats facing restaurateurs and the steps the CRA is taking to represent its members.